Crime Facts

[BREAKING] N438m fraud: CCB invites Tunji-Ojo

  The Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract scam uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by […]

EFCC didn’t arrest our MD – Zenith Bank

  Zenith Bank Plc has denied claims that its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission concerning the ongoing probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. In a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday, the bank described the reports […]

EFCC Seizes Edu, Umar-Farouq’s Passports, Interrogations Continue Today

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended minister Betta Edu and her predecessor Sadiya Umar-Farouq who are being probed for various alleged financial malfeasance during their separate stewardship of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry. ADVERTISEMENT Also, the EFCC seized the passport of former National Coordinator of the National […]

EFCC Arrests CEOs Of 3 Top Banks Over Involvement In Betta Edu, Umar-Farouk Alleged Fraud

  The CEOs of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz banks have been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with financial misappropriation and fraud linked to disgraced Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, Peoples Gazette reports. According to the newspaper, multiple credible sources within […]

BREAKING: Tinubu summons Interior Minister,Tunji-Ojo over controversial Ministry of Humanitarian affairs contract

  President Bola Tinubu has summoned the minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to the Presidential Villa, TheNation is reporting. The summon follows the controversy that has hitched the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and the award of a consultancy contract to the tune of N438 million, for the National Social Register to New Planet Projects Ltd, […]

EFCC freezes N30b NSIPA cash traced to private accounts

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked N30 billion of the N44 billion moved from the accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The multiple accounts to which the funds were moved by some NSIPA officials have been frozen by the anti-graft agency as part of an ongoing probe. It […]

N10b scandal rocks NIPOST’s restructuring plan

  The Senate has ordered a probe into the N10 billion restructuring funds released to NIPOST by the Federal Ministry of Finance. This followed the discovery of irregularities in the agency’s subsidiaries – NIPOST Properties and Development Company and NIPOST Transport and Logistics Services Limited. In its resolution of December 30, 2023, Red Chamber said […]

ICPC probes Cotonou varsity over 6-week degree report

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday night informed that it had commenced investigation into a six-week degree awarded by a university in Cotonou, Benin Republic, to a Nigerian undercover Reporter. The Cotonou university, Ecole Superieure de Gestion et de Technologies (ESGT), according to an investigative report conducted and […]

Ex Buhari’s minister, Umar Farouq denies links to contractor arrested over ‘N37bn fraud’

  Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former minister of humanitarian affairs, has denied knowing James Okwete, a contractor. Punch reported that Okwete was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly laundering N37 billion. The arrest was believed to be in connection with an ongoing probe of the ministry. Okwete’s arrest coincided with the reported probe […]